Scholar. I tweet about what interests or irks me, and occasionally about my research. Histories of ideas, race & colonisation. Mainly eighteenth-century.
Nov 14, 2022 • 12 tweets • 15 min read
@linda_a_burnett's workshop done, presentations attended, scholars met, and conversations had. What have I learned? Surprising things. Here's a partial reflection histories of scientific instructions, lists & colonial travel. @UU_University, @BookScribbler, @eayers0, @dominikhhh
First off, not all lists are alike. Much can be learned by the order of items, especially when it comes to ethnographic observation. The order of observation tells us about the intellectual context from which the instruction arises. #listing#History#Science#KNOWLEDGE